The Agricultural Revolution in Prehistory addresses one of the most debated and least understood revolutions in the history of our species, the change from hunting and gathering to farming. Graeme Barker takes a global view, and integrates a massive array of information from archaeology and many other disciplines, including anthropology, botany, climatology, genetics, linguistics, and zoology. Against current orthodoxy, Barker develops a strong case for the development of agricultural systems in many areas as transformations in the life-ways of the indigenous forager societies, and argues that these were as much changes in social norms and ideologies as in ways of obtaining food. With a large number of helpful line drawings and photographs as well as a comprehensive bibliography, this authoritative study will appeal to a wide general readership as well as to specialists in a variety of fields.
Graeme Barker Libri
Graeme Barker è Professore di Archeologia presso l'Università di Cambridge. Il suo lavoro esplora le intricate relazioni tra le società umane del passato e i loro ambienti, e come si sono trasformati reciprocamente. La ricerca di Barker abbraccia un ampio spettro della storia umana e delle ecologie. Il suo approccio offre una prospettiva affascinante sul nostro passato e sul suo impatto sul presente.
In the Footsteps of the Etruscans
Changing Landscapes Around Tuscania from Prehistory to Modernity
- 400pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
Exploring the archaeology around Tuscania, this book delves into the lives of farmers and shepherds over 7,500 years, examining prehistoric settlements before Etruscan urbanization. It highlights how urbanization influenced ordinary Etruscans and the effects of Roman expansion on rural communities. The narrative also addresses the aftermath of the empire's collapse and the rise of medieval villages, illustrating the dynamic relationship between Mediterranean peoples and their landscapes throughout history.
The development of agriculture has often been described as the most important change in all of human history. Volume 2 of the Cambridge World History series explores the origins and impact of agriculture and agricultural communities, and also discusses issues associated with pastoralism and hunter-fisher-gatherer economies. To capture the patterns of this key change across the globe, the volume uses an expanded timeframe from 12,000 BCE-500 CE, beginning with the Neolithic and continuing into later periods. Scholars from a range of disciplines, including archaeology, historical linguistics, biology, anthropology, and history, trace common developments in the more complex social structures and cultural forms that agriculture enabled, such as sedentary villages and more elaborate foodways, and then present a series of regional overviews accompanied by detailed case studies from many different parts of the world, including Southwest Asia, South Asia, China, Japan, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Americas, and Europe.
Dávno zmizelý národ vynikající pozoruhodnou úrovní kultury, jehož dějiny jsou spojeny s životem na Apeninském poloostrově v 8.–4. století před naším letopočtem. Etruskům se stal osudným vznik římského impéria. Římané je postupně začlenili do své říše, bez skrupulí a respektu převzali pokročilou kulturu a postupně asimilovali její nositele. Etruskové přitahují archeology z celého světa neprobádaností, rychlostí svého zmizení i rozvinutou kulturou, která ještě zdaleka neodhalila svá tajemství. Toto je první a úplný výklad o Etruscích a jejich společnosti, která vzkvétala v Itálii před vzestupem římské republiky.